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Since I had to get the g5 back in shape and experiment a little bit with various systems, I timed some significant delays (for me). Of course, everything that follows is highly subjective and the causes are multiple and not always obvious, but it’s the mean value of 10 tests and here goes:

In the left corner, the veteran from mid 2004, G5 dual processor (2.0Ghz), 2GB of RAM and its original SATA 150GB disk.
In the right corner, the late 2008 challenger, Core2 Duo 2.4Ghz, 4GB of RAM, and a sweet 250GB drive.

• First test: Boot time (from off to having the menu bar complete after the login — gotta stop somewhere!)